How then shall we live?

In our modern world, we have failed to restrain the evil nature of our would be rulers, and things are about to get very ugly.

God has instituted rulers among men to punish evil and to do justice. But rulers are human and prone to sin. When one set of officials is given too much unrestrained power they inevitably become corrupt and often become despotic. It was for this reason that the founders of the United States contrived a multi-branch and multi-entity government so that the tension would be there between the branches to restrict their thirst for power and their corruption.
But in modern america, the tension has failed, the checks and balances have been undermined, and the nation sits on the edge of collapse, teetering. The next election may or may not move us back from the edge, but those who are addicted to power will not stop their pursuit of it even if they are voted out of office. They will simply shift strategy to bottom up socialism instead of top down fascism. They will attempt to use violence and class warfare to achieve their ends instead of backroom deals and gradual usurpation of rights.

In the times we live in, a one world government is now emerging.
Powerful corporations, central banks, secret societies of uber wealthy elite have been centralizing power from behind the scenes for decades. They are now openly using political ideologies and tension between economic class, religious worldviews, and ethnic groups to set the conditions for worldwide feudal system where they are the only rulers. They offer a world where dissent, liberty, and organized resistance are not just forbidden, they are crushed ruthlessly. In the future they imagine for us there will be no tension.
Their plan is complete global domination. They think they get to choose what rights others have. They plan to grant only the rights required to keep the sheeple useful productive and docile and they will revoke rights at their whim.
The fate of future generations, their quality of life, and their religious and civic freedomdepend on how we handle the very salient question.

How then shall we live?
I believe WE must restore the tension.They seek to induce total dependence, we must reduce our dependence on a world that is growing increasingly hostile towards people of conscience and conviction.

They seek to route all our communications through the web so they can monitor and censure any dissent (FCC), we must innovate and use methods that are secure and resilient.
They seek to devalue all paper currencies and replace them with a single worldwide electronic currency (SDR), we must revert to precious metals and durable goods for trade and for wealth preservation.

They seek to route all charity through the state (welfare, entitlements, state approved churches) so that no gratitude is owed to any competing ideology. We must be charitable and relational, and we must refuse to co-operate with state sponsored redistribution of wealth (such as inappropriate questions on census forms).

They want our people to be motivated by self-actualization (be the best you..), we must preach a crucified Christ that requires his followers to count the cost (in this world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer..) and obey God instead of man when the two conflict.

They seek to reduce the population of the earth through war, famine, and disease, we must attempt to be one of those Jesus spoke of -> “He who endures to the end will be saved”.

Human nature demands tension.
It turns out that in answer to the question, “How then shall we live?” , our choices are tension or tyranny.
I choose tension. This is what “having done all, stand (eph 6:13)“ requires of me.

God ask us to be servants to our fellow man and love our brother. But to not have the tension, will make us slaves.

"Freedom isn't free" --Colonel Walter Hitchcock
“The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.” General 'Mad Dog' James Mattis
non semper erit aestas- It will not always be summer (be prepared for hard times)!!

Take religion out of the equation and I would say you made an excellent post! Aside from this, and without attempting to insult in any way, I believe the more we continue to hold fast to our sound principles and honored faith in each other, we may indeed prove to be victorious in the end. The future is malleable, it is always being forged with the heart of the courageous and tempered by the fortitude of the wise.

Come ruin and despair, the passion to live free will survive.

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. "-- J. Krishnamurti“The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.” -- George Orwell
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